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> Let's say someone has three kids and is a single parent. This person cannot be the best at what they do. It's just not possible. I can only offer a counter f

> Let's say someone has three kids and is a single parent. This person cannot be the best at what they do. It's just not possible. I can only offer a counter from my own experience--the 4 people at my company I have worked with well enough to assess their skillsets, who have had kids recently, still perform as well as they did before having kids.

knorker 10y ago
That's not what I'm saying though. Take these people in 10 years. 10 years of having to come late and leave early because child care. 10 years of sometimes having to stay home with a sick child, attenda PTA stuff, not sleeping because baby screaming or something. 10 years of being poorer because having a child is more expensive[1], and having MUCH less "free time". Though I still classify it as leisure time. Depending on the country, this includes being COMPLETELY away from work for a year of parental leave. Do you think these people will be as good as their parallel-universe counterparts that did not go through this? You only have 100% of your time.